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Recap:

"I never knew that you could have personal tutoring at Konoha!" Sakura exclaimed as she peered at the girl.

"That's because nothing of that sort really exists. Am I not correct Hyuuga Hinata-sama" someone exclaimed from the entrance.

Hinata's eyes widened as she saw the person who had just entered.

"Neji ni-san…" she whispered.

She was dead meat.

Her eyes darted from side to side, looking for a means of escape.

"Wait a second… both of you share the same name…both of you have the same features… ARE YOU GUYS RELATED?" Naruto uneasily laughed as he glanced at the two Hyuugas.

"They're related to each other?" Tenten gasped, fumbling with the kunai she had been whirling around her fingers, "Now that I think about it… both of you practically look alike! You never told me that you had a sister Neji!" Tenten glared as she threw the kunai in his direction.

"She's not my sister Tenten. She's my cousin," he calmly replied, catching the kunai with ease.

"Sister, cousin…What's the difference? You didn't even tell us you had any living relatives!" Ino cut in, irritated with the Hyuuga.

Neji did not bother retorting back.

"H…Hello Neiji ni-san. It has been a...a long time since we've seen each other, hasn't it?" Hinata asked, trying to douse the argument that was beginning to heat up.

"Yes. It has. How have you been?" Neiji asked, his cold glare directed at her.

"I'm good... Um… Do… Do you live here now?" she awkwardly asked poking her index fingers together.

"Yes. What are you doing here?"

"I want to um… want to join you guys," she lied, not exactly knowing what she was getting herself into at all.

Neiji gave Hinata a long hard stare.

Hinata almost withered under his cold glare.

Coldness.

Hate.

That's all I could see in his eyes.

'This is bad… What is Neiji ni-san going to do?' Hinata thought.

Neiji swiftly turned to face Gaara.

"I would like to request that Hinata-sama stay here,"

'What?' Hinata looked alarmed

Nejij turned around to face the group of Ninjas, feeling obliged to share his reasons.

"Hinata-sama did not take any lessons in Konoha because the master of the house wanted her to act as a lady. He felt that she should only be trained to be the perfect wife, but with the right training she can become a formidable ninja," Nejij tried reasoning.

Silence followed his speech.

Hinata could barely think, let alone speak.

'What's going on? Neiji ni-san didn't tell them about my…my condition?'

She could only gape at him.

Something's not right…

Why is he doing this?

He hates me…

Like father…

So why?

What's he up to?

Could it be possible… that he has forgiven me?

Her train of thoughts was disrupted as she felt someone tap her shoulder.

Looking up she saw Naruto gesturing towards Gaara.

She snapped her head up and looked at the Kazekage who was currently talking to her.

'I'll worry about that part later. For now, I'll just worry about what I have just gotten myself into…' she numbly thought as she bit her lower lip.

"Hinata, as you should know by now, all of us are ninjas. Some from Konoha and some from Sand, but there is something different about us. We are an elite group of rebels, also known as the Jinchuuriki,"

Hinata's eyes widened.

Gaara continued.

"At the moment, Konoha is being ruled by Orochimaru, one of the infamous Sannin, but he has been filled with the greed to find the elixir to life, and he will stop at nothing to get it,"

Elixir of life?

"Thanks to him, many innocent civilians have died, including the Third Hokage, and the fifth Hokage, Tsunade-san, has been captured by him and is currently locked up in one of his dungeons," Gaara paused for awhile clenching his fist.

"That's why we need to rebel against him. We need to save Konoha, and the Hokage. Provided she's still alive," Gaara looked straight at her.

Hinata gulped.

This was definitely something she had not expected.

"Ano…I just have one question…"

"What is it?" Temari asked.

"Um…Well…what is this elixir of life Orochimaru is looking for?" she asked straightening her kimono.

Silence was her answer.

Immediately she regretted her question, she was about to apologize when she heard Naruto softly reply.

"Orochimaru uses a technique called Fushi Tensei (Living Corpse Reincarnation), which allows him to prevent death by leaving his body and inhabiting the body of another,"

Curiosity got the better of her.

"Um, but you said he was still looking for it? If he can use that technique, why would he need an elixir?"

"He's still looking for the perfect body he can inhabit. With the perfect body, he can heal himself no matter what injury is inflicted on him. In other words, he'll be invincible…"

"Th…The perfect body?" Hinata stuttered, she suddenly felt queasy.

"He's looking for the body of a psychic…"

A psychic!

It finally dawned on Hinata about what was going on.

Neji was keeping her here so that he could keep an eye on her, so that she wouldn't fall into the hands of Orochimaru. It was not because she was really of any use, or that he had actually forgiven her.

She bowed her head so that nobody could see the tears welling up in her eyes. Slowly clenching and clenching her fists.

She was being used.

Without looking up she merely nodded her head, "Thank you for letting me join. I hope I can be of some use to you," she gritted.

Gaara cleared his throat to get the attention of the ninja in the room.

All heads swiveled in his direction.

"Now onto more serious matters. I got a reply from the Mizukage of Hidden Mist Village. He said he can only afford to send us two ninja," Gaara sighed as he read the piece of paper in front of him.

"TWO NINJA?" was the unanimous response he got from his comrades.

"There is a reason behind this. The village of Hidden mist has been attacked by Orochimaru…"

Ino gasped.

"What…what happened?" she asked, clearly shocked.

"They were ambushed yesterday by a group of about 2000 sound ninja, but they managed to eradicate the enemy. Unfortunately a lot of mist ninja lost their lives in the process," Gaara explained, not looking up.

Silence followed.

"So it has begun huh?" Shikamaru casually asked, gazing at the clouds in the outside window.

"So who are the two ninja he can send us?" Sasuke asked.

"I quote, 'I will be sending you my most loyal and trusted ninja. I hope they will be of help to you. Due to the unforeseen circumstances, I have mentioned above, I cannot afford to send you the promised hundred ninja, but I have full confidence in these two ninja. They alone suffice…' was exactly what he wrote in the letter.

"I guess nothing can be done about it and besides the more the merrier neh?" Tenten perked up as she jumped off the table she was perched on.

"Yeah! Also, they sound like elite ninjas. If the Mizukage himself said that they alone suffice, I'm thinking we should just trust his intuition!" Kiba perked up, petting the humungous dog next to him.

"What else did he mention about the ninja?" Shino abruptly asked.

"Nothing much. He just said that they're both 17 years old. Awfully young for supposedly elite ninjas if you ask me," Kankurou answered, peering over Gaara's shoulder to read the letter.

"When are they coming over?" Ino asked, "And please don't tell me they're both guys. I swear, I'll die if two more block-heads join the Jinchuuriki,"

The other girls nodded in unison. Hinata could only gaze in wonder as she saw chaos break loose I the meeting room.

Gaara leaned back in his chair and sighed heavily at the now squabbling group. Shaking his head hard he happened to see the new recruit smiling at the commotion.

"Find this amusing?"

Hinata turned her head to the source of the voice.

She smile at the kazekage, and then turned back to watch as she answered him.

"They're all very close aren't they?" she answered with a question of her own.

"They certainly are. Except at times I wish they were more serious when it comes to times like this," he wistfully replied throwing his head into his hands.

"Yes. Perhaps your right, but then again, at times like this wouldn't you want laughter instead of solemn words?" as she looked back at the kazekage.

She didn't wait for his answer.

"Arguments bring people closer together. It's a way of acknowledging one another. If they fight quite often it sure does bring life to a tense atmosphere, don't you think so Gaara-kun?" she tilted her head to the side, anticipating a reaction.

'This girl…Who is she…' was all he could think of before an anbu burst into his room.

"GAARA-SAMA! There's trouble at the borders! A group of sound ninja are trying to invade the country! We've sent a group to intercept them, but they're more trouble than we thought," he hurriedly said. Glancing uneasily at the Jinchuujiki.

"Naruto and I will go and see to the problem," Gaara hastened as he gestured Naruto towards the door.

"Problem? What problem?" came a reply from the doorway.

Immediately everyone peered out the doorway.

A girl.

Her chocolate-brown hair was tied up in two high ponytails. She wore black, baggy shorts that reached her mid-thigh, and a blue kimono shirt, which stopped just an inch above her short's cuffs. The sleeves were made of black netting.

A large black bow, tied around the waist secured the top to her lean figure. Her eyes were a bright turquoise. She wore black knee-length boots with white fastenings. Draped across her shoulders, was a sound ninja.

Immediately all the ninjas present in the room dropped into fighting positions.

The brown-haired girl blinked in surprise and bellowed out laughing to the surprise of the other ninja.

"I'm not a sound ninja! I'm the 'help' mizu ji-san sent over!" she pronounced dropping the sound ninja on the ground.

"How did you get in?" Shino asked.

"By the gate! DUH!"

"What about the sound-nin?"

"Oh! They're probably eating sand just as we speak!"

"What…What did you do to them?" Hinata spoke.

"Oh! No worries! I didn't kill them or anything! I just kicked they're sorry little butts!" she laughed evilly, causing the ninja to edge away from her.

"Where's your forehead protector?" Gaara asked not letting up his fighting stance.

Automatically she held her hand out ad pointed to a piece of blue cloth, with a polished piece of metal added to it. "There's your proof! A Mizu village forehead protector!" she gaily replied and held her hands akimbo.

"Do you have the letter that was sent to the Mizukage?" Gaara asked, finally dropping his hands to his side.

She nodded enthusiastically and dropped the bag she had been juggling on her shoulder to the floor.

She began to fumble through its contents, her eyebrows furrowing in concentration.

She finally whipped out a piece of paper and slammed it into Gaara's face. Everyone froze, but the brown-haired girl seemed to not have had a care in the world.

"There you go! Now all I need to do is report to the Kazekage-sama!" she said twirling around to face the shocked ninjas.

"Eh? Did something happen?" she asked confused about their facial expressions.

"T…the Ka…Kazekage i…is…" Kiba stuttered out pointing at Gaara.

"That would be me…" Gaara growled as he snatched the paper off his face.

Confusion was clearly etched on her face, but within a few seconds, her confusion turned into disbelief.

"Ka..KAZEKAGE-SAMA? I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" she wailed repeatedly bowing to Gaara.

"Don't worry about it. Everyone makes mistakes, and don't call me Kazekage-sama, I'm called Gaara," he replied, glancing over the letter 'given' to him by the girl.

He slumped onto his chair and studied the girl.

"Where's the other ninja?" he curtly asked.

"Ehh?"

"The Mizukage wrote to us saying he would send us two ninja,"

"Oh! That! Um… he couldn't come… He…um…he got a really bad…um fever. YEAH! That's it…He'll try to join us later, but it seems rather serious," she unconvincingly stated, earning stares from everyone in the room.

"Um…is that so… I guess nothing can be done. Anyway, introduce yourself," Gaara said, not letting his eyes off he girl.

'They bought the lie…' the girl thought, gulping out off discomfort, caused by the one and only Gaara.

"I'm Chidori Minamino. I'm 17 years old, and currently am the Mizukage's advisor," she said smiling at the group and dipped into a dramatic curtsey.

The same thought occurred to everyone, 'If she's the advisor…I wonder how the Mizukage actually is…"

After everyone else had introduced themselves, she sat down on a chair that had been put out for her.

No time was wasted.

"So how is the condition in Mizu village?

"Not to good Gaara-san. It's as if pandemonium broke loose. We're just trying to rebuild ourselves for now, after which we need to start strengthening our forces to fight Orochimaru," Chidori sighed, slumping in her chair.

"What exactly happened? How were you ambushed?" Lee cut in, staring at the brown-haired girl.

"I…I'm sorry. I don't really know what happened, but we know one thing for sure,"

"What's that?"

"Orochimaru was looking for something , he wasn't there to attack us,"

'Or someone' Chidori thought.

"What was he looking for?"

"I don't know. Nobody knows,"

"I see. I wonder what the sound village is actually planning to do…" Ino interrupted, taping her chin with her finger.

"OH YEAH! I brought that sound-nin to interrogate. He might know a thing or two," Chidori calmly pointed to him.

With one hand, Gaara picked him up effortlessly by his collar and gently shook him violently, "What were you doing in Suna?"

"You think I'm going to tell you? Big joke…I rather die than do something like that," he smirked at him.

"I suggest you tell me now. I'm not a civilized person when I get angry," tightening his grip on him.

He laughed aloud, "Don't think I'm going to be scared off by some bloody guy who has a love tattoo on his forehead!"

Gaara's eyes twitched, and his eyes darkened over.

"I dare you to repeat that…" he gritted.

"I said I'm not going to be…" he gasped as he threw him towards the wall. He hit it with such a violent force the wall actually cracked.

"Don't give me crap. I can kill you right here and now…" he menacingly advanced, cracking his fists for emphasis.

"We were here to…to era…eradicate the village…But…our plans were foiled…because of that…whore…" he said pointing to Chidori.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A WHORE YOU PIPSQUEAK?" she retorted waving her fist at him from afar.

It would have been funny if it weren't for the present situation.

"Why now?" Gaara questioned, ignoring the fuming Chidori.

"We…we got information…that a psychic was…was here," he gasped, fighting to breathe.

Simultaneously Chidori's and Hinata's eyes widened.

"We'll get her…," he said before his eyes rolled over.

He was dead.

"What…What the heck is going on?" Sasuke asked, running his hands through his hair.

"Psychic…" Chidori echoed.

"How the heck did Orochimaru find out Suna has a psychic? Even we didn't know that! Hell, and we live in Suna!" Kiba remarked.

"I don't believe this; he even knew it was a her!" Sakura cussed, punching the wall closest to her.

"In any case, we have to find out who it is, " Naruto spoke up, "and we should all get a good night's rest. We should continue this discussion tomorrow morning,"

"But! Don't we need to find her ASAP?" Ino forged on, stamping her right foot.

"What's the use? We don't even know where to start looking. Unless you have any bright ideas Ino-pig!" Sakura retorted, and so ensued the fight between the two best friends.

"Naruto's right, but before that where should she stay?" Shino pointed towards Chidori.

"You're welcome to stay at my house. I have lots of empty bedrooms," Naruto suggested.

Chidori hadn't been listening to the conversation at all. Her eyes were directed at the wall.

"Hello? Yoohoo! You there?" Temari asked waving her hand in front of her.

"Um…Sorry…What was it?" Chidori asked, snapping out of her trance.

"Would you like to stay at Naruto's house?" Temari asked, repeating Naruto's question.

She gave a head-turning smile, "If it isn't too much trouble…"

"Na! It won't be! I think it'll be more fun. Hinata stays with me too!" he added, gesturing the quite raven-headed girl.

Chidori smiled at her. 'She seems familiar…'

"Alright. It's been decided then. Meeting dismissed!" Gaara claimed.

The ninja filed out of the room. Hinata, Naruto and Chidori trailed after them.

They stepped out of the building, before Chidori realized something.

"SHOOT! I forgot my backpack! I'm sorry! I'll be back in a flash!" she pivoted on her heel and ran back to Gaara's office.

Naruto and Hinata stared blankly at her retreating figure.

"Ano... Did she forget?" Hinata pipped up.

"About what? The fact that her backpack is on her back?" Naruto asked.

She nodded.

"I guess so… How she became the Mizukage's advisor is beyond my understanding…" Naruto commented.

The two grinned at each other before laughing at Chidori's absent-mindedness.

Chidori ran all the way up to Gaara's office. She reached the last step and huffed her way to the office.

She knocked. She heard her knock echoing through the room, and someone opened the door.

"I'm sorry! I left my bag here!" Chidori rubbed her head with her hand.

"Actually…It's on your back…" Gaara replied as he opened the dorr fully.

"EH? Oh yeah…It is!" she laughed uneasily, and was about to walk off.

"Was there something else you wanted to talk about?" Gaara's voice stopped her.

"You really are very perceptive aren't you?" she turned to face him.

"Or so some say…"

"I just need to warn you about something. I couldn't say it with the earlier, because of all the ninja…"

"What's that?"

"The real reason for Mizu village's ambush was because…we had a spy in our midst. He gave away valuble information that could have led to our downfall had we not been extra vigilant. And... forgive me for my impudence, but I think the same applies here," she cautiously lowered her voice.

"That's impossible! Everyon…"

"Unless you have another theory on how the sound-village knew about you having a psychic, there really is a spy," she cut in.

Gaara just stared at the girl.

"I better get going. Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan are waiting for me! BYE!" she ran off and skipped down the stairs.

"That girl…She isn't normal…" Gaara muttered under his breath and closed the door to his office.

He slumped down on his chair.

He remained motionless for a few seconds before calling out, "Aru?"

"Yes Gaara-sama?" an anbu appeared before him.

"What's the report for the ambush?"

"Hai! None of the sound ninja were killed. They were knocked out cold though," he murmured.

"Knocked out cold? None of then are dead?" Gaara perked.

"Hai!"

A pause followed the statement.

"Kazekage-sama?"

"I need you to dig up some information about two people,"

"Hai Gaara-sama. May I ask for their names?"

"Chidori Minamino and Hinata Hyuuga. Report to me each time you find something about them,"

"Hai!" and he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Chidori Minamino and Hinata Hyuuga. What secrets are you hiding from us? I intend to find out," he spoke to himself as he walked towards the window facing Suna village, and looked down, only to see the two girls talking to Naruto as they walked.

Well that's it for now! Guess what! I just turned a year older! On the tenth of March! YEAH! Haha. If you have any comments for this chapter please tell me. Sorry for not updating sooner but I really have a lot of duties. CCA, studies, prefect work. So sorry! Please tell me what needs to be improved on! I'll try my best! What would you like to see in the next chapter? More HXN? A little info about Chidori? Tell me please!